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Q.What
is the ruling on a person who does not fast
according to the first sighting of the new moon of
Ramadaan, but waits until he sees it for himself?
Is their interpretation of hadeeth, “Fast when
you see it [the new moon] and stop fasting when
you see it” correct??
Answer:
What
is obligatory is to fast when the sighting of the
moon is confirmed, even if it is seen by only one
trustworthy Muslim, as the Prophet 
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) issued
orders to fast when a Bedouin testified that he had
seen the new moon. Interpreting the hadeeth “Fast
when you see it and stop fasting when you see it”
as meaning that no individual should fast until he
sees the new moon for himself is incorrect, because
the hadeeth is telling everyone to fast when the
sighting is confirmed, even if only one trustworthy
Muslim sees the new moon. (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah,
10/94).
Further
evidence that the sighting of the new moon by one
trustworthy, reliable Muslim is sufficient for
fasting to be obligatory on all the people is the
hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with
him), who said: “The people went out to sight the
new moon and I told the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that I
had seen it, so he fasted and told the people to
fast.” (Reported by Abu Dawood in his Sunan,
Kitaab al-Sawm, Baab fi Shahaadat al-Waahid
‘ala ru’yat hilaali Ramadaan).
Some
of those who follow bid’ah delay fasting until
after all the other Muslims have started to fast,
because of their misguided belief that fasting is
not obligatory on a person until he sees the new
moon for himself. The ahaadeeth refute this, and we
would ask them moreover: what are those who are
blind or who have poor eyesight supposed to do? It
is as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “…Verily,
it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the
hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind.”
[al-Hajj 22:46].
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